Spectraply Peppermill 10"

Didn’t have a lot of shop time today so wanted to do something not so time consuming. I had one 10” pepper-mill kit, the perfect size for this Spectraply blank I had. It came with some instructions using a somewhat different turning method then what I’m used to. While drilling the bottom I ended up with a slight split in the plywood that had to glued ( I used CA) then sanded and refinished. Once all the turning and finishing was complete, I discovered that I had made it about 1/2” to long and the threaded shaft did not protrude out the top. I ended up remounting the body, carefully not to crack it again and just drill the depth for the mechanism deeper.

I generally use EEE Ultrashine but recently purchased some Yorkshire Grit to see if I’d get a different finish, personally didn’t see much difference. Anyone have a preferrence of one over the other?

This took me twice as long as expected – oh well. I do however like the color combo in this piece.

Thanks for looking.

-- Rick --------The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

Haven’t used the EEE but I like the way yorkshire grit pops the grain as well as putting a fine polish on the wood. Your mill looks great, I just finished a couple sets (salt and pepper mills) for gifts.